What I Am, What I

I Swing Big, With Everything I've Got. I Hit Big Or I Miss Big. I Like To Live As Big As I Can.

I Learned Early To Drink Beer, Wine And Whiskey. And I Think I Was About 5 When I First Chewed Tobacco.

The Curve And The Fast One Are Important; The Change Of Pace And The Other Trick Deliveries Are Great But They're Not Worth A Plugged Nickel Unless You Have Control To Go Along With Them. And By Control I Don't Mean The Ability To Put The Ball Over The Plate Somewhere Between The Shoulders And Knees. I Mean The Ability To Hit A Three-inch Target Nine Times Out Of Ten, The Sort Of Control That Lets You Put The Ball In The Exact Spot You Want It, And To Play A Corner To The Split Fraction Of An Inch.

I Hit An Inside-the-park Home Run! I Beat It Out! Can You Believe That?

You Know This Baseball Game Of Ours Comes Up From The Youth - That Means The Boys. And After You've Been A Boy, And Grow Up To Know How To Play Ball, Then You Come To The Boys You See Representing Themselves Today In Our National Pastime.